Question

melted ice cream, children, is a fluid that is eternally sticky. one drop of it on a car - door handle spreads to the seat covers, to trousers, to hands, and thence to the steering wheel, the gearshift, the rearview mirror, all the knobs of the dashboard—spreads everywhere and lasts forever, spreads from a nice old car like this, which might have to be abandoned because of stickiness, right into a nasty new car, in secret ways that even scientists don’t understand. what is the author’s purpose for including this portion of \how to eat an ice cream cone\?
a. to encourage the audience to eat ice cream carefully
b. to inform the audience what can happen to a car
c. to use humor in order to entertain the audience
d. to persuade the audience not to eat ice cream

Explanation:

The passage describes melted ice cream spreading in an exaggerated, humorous way (e.g., "lasts forever," "secret ways that even scientists don’t understand") about a common situation. Option A: The text’s tone is humorous, not a serious encouragement. Option B: The car is just a setting for the ice - cream story, not the main focus. Option D: The author isn't trying to stop people from eating ice cream, just using a funny scenario. Option C fits as the exaggeration and playful description are for humor to entertain.

Answer:

C. To use humor in order to entertain the audience